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Objectives: This study evaluated success rates of surgical treatment of head and neck abscesses and draining tracts for suspected migrating vegetal foreign body and oropharyngeal penetrating injuries, and compared the outcomes according to whether a vegetal foreign body was identified in preoperative computed tomography (CT) examination. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study involved 39 dogs that underwent CT and subsequent surgical exploration of abscesses and/or draining tracts in the head and neck, in a single institution between 2010 and 2021. Recorded data included signalment, history, physical examination, CT and surgical findings. The postoperative follow‐up period was at least 8 months. Cases were classified according to whether a foreign body was identified on CT or was only suspected because of the presence of cavities and/or draining tracts on CT. Results: A vegetal foreign body was identified on CT in 11 of 39 cases and later confirmed at surgery in 10 cases. In 28 of 39 cases, a vegetal foreign body was not identified on CT, but in seven of these 28 cases it was found at surgery. Resolution of clinical signs was achieved in 11 of 11 cases when a vegetal foreign body was identified on CT and in 26 of 28 cases without a foreign body identified on CT. Two cases of recurrence were observed in animals in which no foreign body was detected. Clinical Significance: In this population of dogs undergoing surgery after preoperative CT scan, we observed resolution of clinical signs after a single surgical procedure in 95% of the cases. All animals in which a foreign body was identified were cured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Medical records were reviewed for cats that underwent surgical treatment of traumatic ureteral rupture (TUR) using urinary diversion procedures between 2012 and 2019. Five cats had presented with injuries associated with road traffic accidents. These included three cats with abdominal hernias that required surgical management. At a median of 15 days after the accident, cats represented with lethargy, the presence of an abdominal mass or with lower urinary tract symptoms and in all cats contrast diagnostic imaging showed proximal unilateral TUR with associated para-ureteral urinoma. Four cats received subcutaneous ureteral bypass (SUB) device placement and one had ureteral anastomosis over a stent. Unilateral cyst-like retroperitoneal fluid consistent with para-ureteral urinoma was observed in all cats and a diffuse retroperitoneal haematoma was noticed in four cats. No immediate major complications occurred, and all cats had post-operative serum creatinine concentration within the reference interval. The cat that had received a ureteral stent subsequently required placement of a SUB following stent encrustation 15 months after surgery. Median follow-up time was 34 (min 28, max 58) months and renal function was normal in all cats at the last follow-up. Urinary diversion procedures provided long-term stable renal function following proximal TUR in these five cats. Delayed, subtle non-specific clinical signs subsequent to high-energy blunt trauma causing abdominal hernia and associated diffuse retroperitoneal haematoma, should raise suspicion of TUR. AFAST: Abdominal focused assessment with sonography for trauma; SUB: Subcutaneous ureteral bypass; TUR: Traumatic ureteral rupture [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cone-penetration tests (CPTs) with pore pressure (u) measurement or piezocone tests (CPTUs) are carried out inside a cutoff wall for polluted-ground-water containment. The backfilling material for the cutoff wall is a typical cement-bentonite (CB) self-hardening slurry whose composition is 76.8% water, 19.2% blast furnace cement. and 4% sodium bentonite. A tentative framework for interpretation of CPTUs in terms of hydraulic conductivity (k) is developed. In particular, a continuous assessment of hydraulic conductivity along a vertical profile is attempted by combining the piezocone penetration parameters [i.e. total point resistance ([q.sub.t]), pore-pressure increment ([[Delta].sub.u]), and sleeve friction ([f.sub.s])]. The obtained k results are comparable with results from CPTU dissipation tests, in-situ borehole infiltration tests, and laboratory tests performed on the same CB mixture. The test results indicate that the CPTUs are a promising tool for in-situ quality control of cutoff walls in terms of evaluating the actual hydraulic conductivity of the completed cutof wall and, to some extent, of detecting and locating hydraulic defects that, in many cases. are the main causes of poor in-situ performance.

A 2‐year‐old spayed female Maine Coon presented with urinary incontinence and recurrent urinary tract infection since 2 months of age. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Ultrasonography, CT and cystourethroscopy revealed urogenital abnormalities consistent with genitourinary dysplasia. Urethral pressure profilometry suggested urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence. Surgical placement of an artificial urethral sphincter occluder was performed. Mild decrease of urinary incontinence was observed 6 weeks postoperatively. Inflation of the occluder under urethral pressure profilometry was subsequently performed and resolved the incontinence. This is the first report to describe the use of urodynamic testing at the time of inflation of an artificial urethral sphincter occluder to adjust the degree of urethral occlusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A 7‐year‐old, 34‐kg, neutered male Labrador retriever was presented with a 1‐year history of intermittent sneezing with occasional left‐sided epistaxis. CT revealed a mass in the left nasal cavity. Histopathological analysis of rhinoscopy‐guided tissue biopsies was consistent with chronic necrotic and ulcerative rhinitis. Surgical debridement by ventral rhinotomy was subsequently performed and histopathological diagnosis was leiomyoma. Complete resolution of the nasal discharge and reduced sneezing frequency were observed after surgery. Fourteen months postoperatively, CT detected no regrowth of the mass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]